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But now, following a final stage of consultation, the Government aims to introduce the new deal for the 2017/18 school year.

Robert Campbell, executive headteacher of Impington Village College, told the News he was “delighted” with the announcement.

Robert Campbell, executive principal of Impington Village College

“It can’t come soon enough,” he said.

“Cambridgeshire’s schools have been dealt a poor hand for years and hopefully this will start to redress the balance and give us the fairer funding we all need.”

However he stressed more still needed to be done to improve the chances of Cambridgeshire students.

He said: “Although the three per cent probable increase is great news, the reality is that employer costs are steadily rising too and it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit teachers to the more expensive parts of the county.

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“Cambridgeshire’s schools also have two financial years to survive before the increases and unfortunately and ironically there are still likely to be redundancies in the meantime.”

Last month Helena Marsh, executive principal of Linton Village College, joined other local heads and South East Cambridgeshire MP Lucy Frazer in a meeting with Ms Greening, to lobby for fairer funding.